(Written in 2015. Part 1 of 4.) You know how sometimes things stick with you? Whether you want them to or not? We go the long way around town to avoid where we once had an accident. We refuse to go to that restaurant where we once got sick on the way home? I came up on a feeling like that this past …
The Worship Part of Me
Maybe some of you don’t know, but I’m not just a writer. Gasp! I’m also a worship leader. Growing up, I liked music but I never loved music. I liked musical groups. You could say I loved musical groups. Okay, I loved Donny Osmond. There I said it. I just don’t have many memories of loving to sing or loving …
Building A Culture of Prayer Part 2
I’ve been to my share of dry, boring prayer meetings. You? Not that God is boring or dry, but we are with our weary souls, amused minds, harried hearts. After a long day of working, or dealing with kids, a prayer meeting is the last place we want to be. We’d rather turn on a sitcom, a sports event, catch …
What I’ve been up 2
So, you’re wondering, “Rach, do you blog any more or are we just supposed to imagine what your life is all about?” No indeedy, you’re not. Please don’t. I’m blogging, see, I’m blogging. I’ve been busy, too. Working on a new synopsis for next book, working title Dining with Joy. How do you like it? I’m reviving my celebrity “chef” …
I like heavy metal?
Tonight a bunch of us gathered at church to just worship and tug on God for more of Him. We hunkered down in the kid’s sanctuary because the youth-types had a metal concert. Oh joy – Tony and I were fortunate enough to catch the last and headliner band, Black Regiment. The lead singer shoved my Sunday morning worship mike …
Guest blogger, Cami Tang
Please welcome my friend, author and guest blogger, Cami Tang. The mystery of worship Worship is such an intimate thing. It’s very hard for me to describe it, even though I’ve been a worship music leader at my church for several years. Originally, when I had just started working with the youth group as a staff member, my youth pastor …
Feel like reminiscing
Yesterday was a beautiful day. Tony and I drove over to Kissimmee, FL for The Call. I needed a day of prayer and outstanding worship. Mike Bickle and Lou Engel cast such great vision and hope in God coupled with wisdom and knowledge of the days in which we live. The indoor stadium was cold, so I walked out to …
Ooops
This morning while leading worship, I was supposed to sing the line “heavenly storehouses ladened with snow.” But I got tongue tied or something, fumbled the lyric and sang “heavenly whorehouses ladened with snow.” Yes, I did. Right into the mike. Nice and loud. I was so stunned for a moment I wondered, “Did I just sing whorehouse?” Then I …